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Undergraduate nondegree program: Minor in History Graduate degrees: M.A., Ph.D. in History Web site: http://clas.uiowa.edu/history The Department of History's purpose is to increase knowledge of human experience and provide students with opportunities to gain information about and learn methods for understanding their world in light of its past. In addition to offering these essential elements of a liberal education, the department trains professional historians and teachers of history and serves those who require knowledge of a period or aspect of history as background for their own specialized interests in other fields. Faculty and students in the department participate in many of the University's interdisciplinary departments and programs, including American studies, African American studies, ancient civilizations, Asian studies, international studies, Latin American studies, and gender, women's, and sexuality studies. Undergraduate Programs
Students who major in history work in a variety of positions in business, education, public service, advertising, and journalism after graduation. Many go on to graduate study in history, law, religion, library and information science, or social work. History majors are encouraged to take courses in other fields that illuminate and expand the meaning of history courses and that introduce information and a variety of approaches to understanding how societies and cultures work. For example, students majoring in history are encouraged to complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program foreign language component by choosing a language that fits their interests in history. The history faculty particularly encourages study abroad programs that complement students' foreign area interests. Majors also are encouraged to improve their writing and speaking skills. Bachelor of ArtsThe Bachelor of Arts with a major in history requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including 36 s.h. of work for the major. The program is designed for students with a general interest in history. Course requirements include a colloquium, which usually is taken during the sophomore year or the semester after the student elects a major in history. The required portfolio, which should consist of at least three graded papers the student has written while enrolled in history classes, is submitted on the University of Iowa ifolio system to the student's advisor during the semester before graduation. College Level Equivalency Program (CLEP) and Advanced Placement Program (APP) credit does not count toward the history major. Transfer work that is equivalent to University of Iowa course work may be accepted toward the major, but at least 18 s.h. of work for the major, including the colloquium, must be taken at The University of Iowa. Students must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program. Undergraduate courses are divided into four areas: American history (prefix 16A), European history (16E), non-Western world history (16W), and courses that have no area designation (016). The major in history requires the following course work. Students may count a maximum of 18 s.h. earned in American history courses (prefix 16A) toward the major. HISTORY COLLOQUIUMOne of these:
Students take the colloquium as soon as possible after declaring the major. Every colloquium includes assigned papers; students must include at least one of their colloquium papers in their history portfolio. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND ERAAll of these (semester hours are minimum requirements):
A course taken to fill the pre-1700 history requirement also may be counted toward the requirement in American, European, or non-western world history. HISTORY ELECTIVES
History electives may include a maximum of two of the following: 016:001 Western Civilization I, 016:002 Western Civilization II, 016:003 Western Civilization III, 016:005 Civilizations of Asia: China, 016:006 Civilizations of Asia: Japan, and 016:007 Civilizations of Asia: South Asia. Electives also may include all other courses offered by the department numbered above 016:040, 16A:040, 16E:040, and 16W:040. PRE-1700 COURSESThe following courses fulfill the 3 s.h. requirement for pre-1700 history.
B.A. with Teacher LicensureStudents who wish to qualify for licensure to teach social studies in secondary schools must complete the major in history and must earn at least 15 s.h. in U.S. history (16A), at least 15 s.h. in non-U.S. history (16E and 16W), and 15 s.h. in a related area chosen from economics, geography, anthropology, psychology, sociology, or American government. Courses taken as part of the history major, including Colloquium for History Majors (numbered 16A:051, 16E:051, or 16W:051), may be counted as part of the 15 s.h. in U.S. history and the 15 s.h. in non-U.S. history required for certification. Students also must complete the College of Education's Teacher Education Program (TEP), which includes professional education courses required for teaching licensure. Not all political science courses count toward certification to teach American government. Course content must center around the American political system or American political issues. For information about the TEP or the secondary social studies education program, consult the College of Education's Office of Education Services. Four-Year Graduation PlanThe following checkpoints list the minimum requirements students must complete by certain semesters in order to stay on the University's Four-Year Graduation Plan. Before the third semester begins: at least one-quarter of the semester hours required for graduation Before the fifth semester begins: three courses in the major (including Colloquium for History Majors) and at least one-half of the semester hours required for graduation Before the seventh semester begins: four more courses in the major and at least three-quarters of the semester hours required for graduation Before the eighth semester begins: three more courses in the major and submission of the portfolio of written work to the student's advisor During the eighth semester: enrollment in all remaining course work in the major (two courses), all remaining General Education courses, and a sufficient number of semester hours to graduate HonorsStudents who wish to enter the history department's honors program must maintain a cumulative University of Iowa g.p.a. of at least 3.33, the same grade-point average required for membership in the University of Iowa Honors Program. Through its honors program, the department provides outstanding students with opportunities to enhance their history major in several ways. The most significant part of the honors program in history is the honors thesis. The thesis is an extended research paper (30-50 pages), usually completed during the spring semester of the junior year or fall semester of the senior year. Research for the thesis is done under the supervision of a faculty member who specializes in the field in which the student undertakes his or her research. Students register for 3 s.h. of 016:091 Honors Seminar and 016:092 Honors Thesis in each of two semesters. The 6 s.h. of credit counts toward the credit required for the history major. MinorThe minor in history requires a minimum of 15 s.h. in history courses, including 12 s.h. in advanced courses taken at The University of Iowa. For the minor, all courses numbered above 016:080, 16A:080, 16E:080, and 16W:080 are considered advanced. Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in the minor. Course work in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass. Graduate Programs
Graduate study in history prepares students for occupations such as high school or college teaching, publishing, commercial research, foundations and nongovernmental organizations, and government or other public service. With additional specialized training, students may become qualified for careers in archival work, library work, museum work, or historical site preparation and display. Some choose to pursue the joint Master of Arts/Juris Doctor program, which leads to degrees in both law and history (see the College of Law section of the Catalog for information about the J.D. degree). Students interested in graduate work should obtain a copy of the current Guide to Graduate Study at The University of Iowa from the Department of History office. The guide is revised every summer to include the latest faculty listing, research interests of faculty members, detailed regulations on study toward advanced degrees, and other information for students. Master of ArtsThe Master of Arts program in history requires a minimum of 30 s.h. of graduate credit and is offered with two options: one for students who plan to work toward the Ph.D., the other for students who do not. The two plans differ mainly in their concentration in fields: the Ph.D. track emphasizes development of research capabilities culminating in the essay; the non-Ph.D. track stresses breadth of learning. The M.A. with Ph.D. track requires completion of a research essay. Students must earn at least 24 s.h. of the required 30 s.h. in Department of History courses, including at least two seminars, or one seminar and one readings course. One seminar or readings course must be taken in each of the first two semesters of residence. Students must earn 12 s.h. in the area of their essay topic and at least 6 s.h. in a second division, including either a seminar or a readings course. The essay in the major division must be based on original research and should be approximately 10,000 to 15,000 words long. It usually begins as a term paper for the seminar in the major division and is completed the following semester under the supervisor's guidance. The finished product should emulate the character of articles in learned journals, just as the Ph.D. dissertation takes the form of a full-length scholarly monograph. Requirements for the M.A. with non-Ph.D. track are similar to those for the Ph.D. track program. Students earn 24 of the required 30 s.h. in history. They earn 12 s.h. in one major division of history and must include at least one readings or seminar course. They earn an additional 12 s.h. in history by taking 6 s.h. in each of two other divisions of history, or 6 s.h. in one other division of history and 6 s.h. in a related department. The additional 12 s.h. in history must include at least one readings or seminar course. After completing these requirements, or during the semester in which they will complete them, M.A. students must take an oral and written comprehensive examination in their major division. Doctor of PhilosophyThe Doctor of Philosophy program in history requires at least 72 s.h. of graduate credit, including credit for work done for the master's degree. Students who earn the M.A. with research essay at Iowa are admitted to the Ph.D. program on the favorable recommendation of the examining committee. Students who earn an M.A. at another university must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College and the Department of History (see "Admission" below). They must submit a writing sample, such as a seminar paper or an M.A. thesis. They also must take a research seminar during their first two semesters in residence at Iowa. Ph.D. students must complete at least eight 200-level courses of 4 s.h. each, taken in research seminars (not fewer than three) or graduate readings courses. At least five of the eight courses must be completed before the student takes the comprehensive examination. Courses taken at the M.A. level may be counted toward this requirement. The student also must take a graduate course in the philosophy of history, historiography, or methods of historical research. The department has no general language requirement for the Ph.D., but the supervising faculty member may require the student to demonstrate a reading knowledge of one or more foreign languages and proficiency in the use of other study tools. Students may not complete the comprehensive examination until these requirements have been met. The comprehensive written and oral examination covers three distinct fields, two of which must be in a major division that is chosen from the following divisions. Africa Students may construct another field, subject to approval by the comprehensive exam committee. The third field must be a division outside the student's major division or a field from a related department outside history. The committee may define and delimit the individual fields for examination. It also may set, separately for each field, the character of the written portion of the comprehensive examination, which may take the form of a syllabus, a critical bibliography, a topical paper, or any other form or combination of forms that the committee deems suitable. The oral portion of the comprehensive examination focuses on issues and problems arising from the examination papers. The candidate must submit to the dissertation committee a written prospectus for the dissertation no later than the semester following completion of the comprehensive exams. The committee consists of at least five members, including at least one member from outside the department. It considers the prospectus and may approve it, reject it, or require its revision. When the dissertation is completed in final form, the committee administers the final examination for the doctorate, a formal oral defense of the dissertation that usually lasts two hours. AdmissionApplicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College; see the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College or the Graduate College section of the Catalog. Applicants must submit academic transcripts and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores. They also must submit examples of original writing to the history department, such as a term paper, a seminar paper, an honors thesis, or a master's essay (applicants to the Ph.D. program); letters of recommendation from three persons familiar with the student's past academic work; and a one- or two-page personal statement of the applicant's purpose for doing graduate work. All application materials are due by January 15 for entry the following August. FacilitiesUniversity of Iowa Libraries has unusual strength in all aspects of U.S. history. The Main Library houses the Henry A. Wallace papers and related collections, the Iowa Women's Archives, and other unique materials. In European history, special strengths include the fine collections of French and English materials. The State Historical Society of Iowa in Iowa City and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch also hold valuable research materials. CoursesCourses numbered 016:001 Western Civilization I through 016:040 Perspectives: Diversity in American History are approved for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program, except for 016:008 Civilizations of Africa and 016:009 India Now! A Survey from Bollywood Films to Global Terror. History courses approved for General Education may not be taken pass/nonpass, even when they are taken as electives. Majors should take 16A:051 Colloquium for History Majors (American), 16E:051 Colloquium for History Majors (European), or 16W:051 Colloquium for History Majors (World) in the sophomore year or in the first semester after declaring the major. Other courses numbered below 200 are open to first-year students who already have fulfilled the General Education Program Historical Perspectives requirement. Courses numbered 200 and above are offered as occasion demands. For Undergraduates
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| 016:100 Historical Background of Contemporary Issues | arr. |
| 016:101 History of Human Rights | 3 s.h. |
| Survey of human rights literature, authored by historian Kenneth Cmiel; examination of legal-philosophical origins and changing meanings of human rights, human rights activism and social justice movements, creation of international human rights organizations and law; study of historically significant and unremembered cases of human rights violations; consideration of the question posed by Professor Cmiel: What, if anything, has been accomplished in the name of universal rights? | |
| 16W:105 World Events in Historical Context | 3 s.h. |
| Examination of current international news stories and their historical background; daily reading of The New York Times international news section and online international news stories in U.S. and international news outlets; creating informed world citizens. | |
| 16W:106 Society and Revolution in Cuba | 3 s.h. |
| Cuban society and revolutionary movements since the late colonial period, including the years since 1959. | |
| 16W:107 History of Mexico | 3 s.h. |
| Mexican history since the eve of the Spanish invasion, with focus on the national period; may include ethnic groups, conquest and demographic disaster, native survival, labor and migration, social protest and rebellions, nationhood, regional differences, religions, popular culture, economic growth and distribution, state building, international relations; survey. Same as 149:107. | |
| 16W:109 Latin American Studies Seminar | 3 s.h. |
| Interdisciplinary approach. Taught in English. Recommendations: Spanish or Portuguese sufficient for background readings. Same as 035:176, 038:176, 048:153, 113:132, 130:176. | |
| 16W:110 Topics in Latin American History | 3 s.h. |
| 16W:111 Colonial Latin America | 3 s.h. |
| Cultural, institutional continuity from 16th century to independence. | |
| 16W:112 Introduction to Modern Latin America | 3 s.h. |
| Cultural, institutional continuity from independence to present. | |
| 16W:114 Latin America and the U.S.: The Historical Perspective | 3 s.h. |
| 016:115 Policy Matters: Perspective on Contemporary Problems | 3 s.h. |
| Public policy issues in scholarly perspective; UI experts provide background introduction to weekly issues; presentations of new policy initiatives, roundtable on policy options; panels representing local, state, and national options and experience involving policy practitioners, legislators, and advocates. Same as 030:129. | |
| 16W:115 Latin American Revolution | 3 s.h. |
| 16W:116 Dictatorships of Latin America | 3 s.h. |
| Dictatorships, truth commissions, politics of memory in modern Latin America; the political and socio-economic origins of authoritarian regimes as well as their forms of rule, sources of support, uses of violence, and eventual downfall; the experience of specific sectors of society under authoritarian regimes, forms of resistance to authoritarianism, memories of terror, efforts to forge peace and justice in the aftermath of horror; includes personal testimony, film, human rights, reports, historical studies. | |
| 016:120 Museum Literacy and Historical Memory | 3 s.h. |
| Concepts and methods for understanding the role of museums in shaping knowledge and collective memory of history; institutionally based exhibits and collections, historical markers and public monuments, public holidays and events, media and artistic works that interpret the past; how events, people, and civic ambitions are memorialized and how memories of them are shaped; appearance of museums and related practices in the non-Western world after 1850. Same as 024:115. | |
| 16W:120 Pre-Colonial African History | 3 s.h. |
| Africa to 1880; oral tradition, other sources; political development, ecological change, slavery and slave trade. GE: Historical Perspectives. Same as 129:163. | |
| 16W:121 African History Since 1880 | 3 s.h. |
| Africa in colonial, post-colonial period; economics, political structures of colonialism; social change, political life in the 20th century. GE: International and Global Issues. Same as 129:164. | |
| 16W:123 Slavery, Gender, and Identity in East Africa | 3 s.h. |
| Forms of slavery in East African societies; focus on 18th to 20th centuries; primary source readings (i.e., life histories of former slaves); slavery outside the United States; women as important historical actors; processes of enslavement; integration of slaves into East African societies; and perpetuation of social and economic ties between former masters and slaves into the present. | |
| 16W:124 Crossing the Indian Ocean | 3 s.h. |
| Transnational history of Western Indian Ocean; explore cultural and economic networks in the Indian Ocean World; how Islam and colonization are common experiences of peoples in this region; Indian Ocean World historical diversity; analytical concepts such as migration, Islam, globalization. | |
| 16W:125 Women and Gender in African History | 3 s.h. |
| Importance of female agency in African history; African women’s history in historiographical framework of women’s history, challenges historians face in exploring African women’s past; varied sources (e.g., novels, films, court records) from sub-Saharan Africa, urban and rural settings; current literature on African women, African women’s experiences in a comparative context. Same as 131:125. | |
| 16W:126 Slavery, Jihads, and Saints in Islamic Africa | 3 s.h. |
| Islamization of sub-Saharan Africa; source material on Islam in sub-Saharan Africa; jihad; slavery; colonial rule; Muslim women; Muslim minorities. | |
| 16W:134 Topics in American Borderlands History | 3 s.h. |
| Broad historical overview of the American Borderlands, a region that has been the site of conflict, cultural exchange, and economic interdependence. | |
| 016:135 History of Medicine in Film | 3 s.h. |
| Examination of how American films depicted physicians and health care from the 1930s to the present; attention to what popular films tell us about cultural images of physicians and medicine in American society. Requirements: honors standing. | |
| 16W:137 History of Public Health | 3 s.h. |
| State-endorsed measures to avert or control disease in society. Same as 152:137. | |
| 16W:138 History of Global Health | 3 s.h. |
| Foremost problems of health and disease in colonial and postcolonial societies; topical approach. Same as 152:138. | |
| 16W:140 Disease, Politics, and Health in South Asia | 3 s.h. |
| South Asia's long-term success lengthening lives and stopping disease, weighed against its continuing burden of infection, violence, pollution, and class-based suffering. | |
| 16W:142 Palestine, Israel, and the World Since 1890 | 3 s.h. |
| 016:144 War and Peace in the Twentieth Century | 3 s.h. |
| 16W:152 History of the Modern Middle East | 3 s.h. |
| 16W:153 Topics in the Modern Middle East | 3 s.h. |
| 16W:155 Europe and the U.S. in the Twentieth Century | 3 s.h. |
| The U.S.-European transatlantic relationship over the 20th century in historical perspective; sense of common heritage transformed into program of political purpose; alliances in defense of a shared civilization--the West--challenged by nations and ideologies, from the Wilhelmine Empire to Nazi Germany, from U.S.S.R. to Islamist groups; reluctant American involvement in Europe, East European claims of inclusion, mutual frustrations and suspicions, differences in interpreting the shared tradition; diverging concepts of security, legitimacy, sovereignty, and history lessons underscored by U.S. role as sole superpower and European Union experiment in integration. | |
| 016:157 Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights | 3 s.h. |
| History of gender and sexuality as components in international human rights activism and law; current debates, representative topics. Same as 131:157. | |
| 16W:160 The Atlantic World c. 1450-1850 | 3 s.h. |
| Interactions between peoples of Europe, Africa, and the Americas between the 15th and mid-19th centuries, interconnected system of exchange that defied national and imperial boundaries; encounters between Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans in different parts of the Americas; forced and voluntary resettlement of Africans and Europeans overseas; development of plantation slave societies; biological consequences of transatlantic contact; circulation of people, goods, and ideas; development of creole societies; era of revolutions; abolition of slavery. Same as 149:160. | |
| 16W:167 Patterns in World History | 3 s.h. |
| Patterns in world history from the evolution of humankind to the present; basic texts in evolution, migration, social evolution. | |
| 16W:168 Cooperation in World History | 3 s.h. |
| Origins and role of human cooperation in world history, from human evolution to present; basic evolutionary theory, origins of humans, character of human nature, emergence of human cooperation, human cooperation in comparative zoological perspective; evolution of cooperative institutions such as family, tribe, market, state, mass religion, science, Internet. | |
| 16W:172 Japan--Age of the Samurai | 3 s.h. |
| Society, culture, and politics of feudal Japan; social class, gender, norms, and political and economic developments explored through cinema and literature. Same as 39J:172. | |
| 16W:173 Modern Japan | 3 s.h. |
| Political, social, and cultural developments of Japanese feudalism; feature films, fiction. Same as 39J:173. | |
| 16W:174 History, Memory, and Pacific War | 3 s.h. |
| Contemporary meanings of the Pacific War in the collective memory of Americans and Japanese; readings and travel to war/peace memorials in Hawaii and Japan. | |
| 16W:175 Japan--U.S. Relations | 3 s.h. |
| Political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Japan mid-19th to late-20th century. Same as 39J:175. | |
| 16W:178 Topics in Asian History | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 039:175. | |
| 016:180 Readings: International Security | 3-4 s.h. |
| 16W:183 Vietnam War on Film | 3-4 s.h. |
| 016:185 The Internet in Historical Context | 3 s.h. |
| History of media technologies (e.g., speech, writing, print, A/V devices, the Internet) from the evolution of speech to the present; ways in which technologies molded social groups and guided beliefs; impact of the Internet on contemporary society and culture. | |
| 16W:185 Modern Korean History | 3 s.h. |
| Transformation of Choson Korea to North and South Koreas; local, regional, and global transformations in Korea from the late 19th century to present, including the severing of its historic ties with China; encounters with the West and Japan; new ideas of civilization and political community; the erasure of Choson as a country in 1910; the colonial experience; civil war; industrialization; creation of North Korea; democratic movement in South Korea and spread of diasporic communities abroad; Korean peninsula as a laboratory for analyzing compressed communist and capitalist modernities of the 20th century. | |
| 016:186 The History of Warfare | 3 s.h. |
| World military history from evolution of human kind to present; development of weapons, tactics, and strategies. | |
| 016:190 Teaching History: Approaches in Lesson Design | 3 s.h. |
| 016:192 Traditions of Religious Reform | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 032:192. | |
| 16W:194 Imperialism and Modern India | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to the political, economic, social, and cultural history of India from 1700 to present; historically India included the territories of present-day Pakistan and Bangladesh; at present India extends through diasporic Indian communities to East Africa, North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. | |
| 16W:197 Chinese History from 1600 to 1927 | 3 s.h. |
| Chinese history from the 17th to early 20th century, history of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911); Qing's role in shaping aspects of today's politics in China and the mentality of Chinese people; foundation of Manchu state in early 17th century, Ming-Qing transition in 1644, politics and society during the high Qing era, decline of the empire under foreign invasion and inner rebellions in the 19th century, collapse of the dynasty in 1911. Same as 039:197. | |
| 16W:198 China Since 1927 | 3 s.h. |
| Communist revolution from 1920s to founding of People's Republic of China in 1949; Mao Zedong's radical policies, Cultural Revolution; Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms; China today. GE: International and Global Issues. Same as 039:196. | |
| 16A:061 American History 1492-1877 | 3 s.h. |
| Discovery through Civil War, Reconstruction; emphasis on social history of colonial era and social, economic, political developments of Revolutionary, antebellum periods. | |
| 16A:062 American History 1877-Present | 3 s.h. |
| Emphasis on social, political developments of Gilded Age, Progressive Era, Great Depression; the United States as a world power. | |
| 16A:065 Introduction to African American History | 3 s.h. |
| GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. Same as 129:065. | |
| 16A:066 Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 s.h. |
| 16A:069 Introduction to Mexican American History | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to major themes in Mexican American history from the 18th century to the present; settlement of Mexico's Far North by Spanish Mexican residents, their incorporation into the United States after a war of conquest, and the growth of Mexican Americans into the nation's largest Latino group. GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. | |
| 16A:104 History of the American Deaf Community | 3-4 s.h. |
| Creation of a distinct language and culture of deaf people in America during the 19th and 20th centuries. Taught in American Sign Language. Prerequisites: 158:014. Same as 158:100. | |
| 16A:106 Disability in American History | 3 s.h. |
| 16A:107 American Cultural History 1820-1920 | 3 s.h. |
| Culture as contested terrain; creation of cultural hierarchy (high and popular culture); struggles over the cultural construction of meaning; competing stories of America; advent and significance of mass culture. | |
| 16A:110 Introduction to American Indian History and Policy | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 149:102. | |
| 16A:112 Mexican American History | 3 s.h. |
| Survey of Chicana/o (Mexican American) history from 18th century to present; Mexican American society's diverse nature, explored through class, ethnic, gender, and regional divisions. Approved for GE: Values, Society, and Diversity. | |
| 16A:113 Latina/o Immigration | 3 s.h. |
| Immigration experiences of people arriving in the United States from other regions of the Americas (e.g., Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, South America); what has fueled immigration--social, political, and economic developments in the United States and other nations; territorial conquest, colonialism, real and imagined borders, chain migration, formation of immigrant communities, acculturation, circular migration, social networks; how migration restructures gender relations; immigrant communities and pan-Latino identity in the United States. | |
| 16A:115 Native North America I: Precontact-1789 | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 149:115. | |
| 16A:116 Native North America II: 1789-Present | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 149:116. | |
| 16A:117 U.S. Indian Policy in the American Indian Family | 3 s.h. |
| 16A:119 Indian Wars: History and Poetics of Violence in the United States | 3 s.h. |
| Cultural role of frontier violence, real and imagined, in settler society formations; use of historical accounts, art, literature, museum exhibitions, film, captivity tales, and discursive modes; historical and contemporary portrayals of Indian and settler violence, how these representations functioned, and how imagined violence compared to actual incidents of violence; exploration of violence involving other subalterns that speak to perceptions of the U.S. as a violent nation, often portrayed as a nation of laws; whether these competing legacies can be reconciled. | |
| 16A:122 Varieties of American Religion | 3 s.h. |
| World views of religious groups (e.g., Mormon, Scientology, Jehovah's Witness, Black Muslim, Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon). Same as 032:141. | |
| 16A:131 The Frontier in American History to 1840 | 3 s.h. |
| 16A:132 The Frontier in American History 1840-Present | 3 s.h. |
| 16A:133 American West in Film | 4 s.h. |
| 16A:135 American West in the Twentieth Century | 3-4 s.h. |
| Focus on growth, redistribution of political power, exploitation of and competition for natural resources, intermingling of diverse cultural groups. | |
| 16A:137 History of Iowa | 3 s.h. |
| 16A:139 The Social History of American Baseball | 3 s.h. |
| History of baseball in the United States from its beginnings as a working-class recreation through the present; history of the game and the people who have played it, how the history of American society is viewed through the lens of baseball, how the game has contributed to social change; social class, race, urbanization, crime and political corruption, public health, big business and professionalism, spectatorship, entertainment and mass culture, national mythology, the exercise of legitimate authority (umpires!). | |
| 16A:141 Work and Society in Industrializing America | 3 s.h. |
| Industrialization, formation of an American working class; changing patterns of labor organization, strike activity, politics; impact of ethnic, racial, gender divisions on working class communities, culture. | |
| 16A:142 American Labor in the Twentieth Century | 3-4 s.h. |
| Competing philosophies and organizational strategies of workers in a maturing industrial economy; impact of world wars and Great Depression on American workers and their unions; rise of service sector, deindustrialization. | |
| 16A:144 American Economic History | 3 s.h. |
| Emphasis on role of population and technology. Requirements: 06E:001 and 06E:002 for economics majors; 06E:001 and 16A:061 for non-economics majors. Same as 06E:158. | |
| 16A:146 Immigrant America 1845-1925 | 3 s.h. |
| Era of mass immigration in world context; formation, organization of immigrant communities; diverse processes of adaptation, assimilation; rural, urban contrasts; coercive Americanization, immigration restriction. | |
| 16A:147 History of Slavery in the U.S.A. | 3-4 s.h. |
| Origins, development; focus on labor, family, gender, community, culture, resistance; South's defense of slavery; wartime collapse, destruction of slavery. Same as 129:137. | |
| 16A:148 Race, Gender, U.S. International History | 3 s.h. |
| Interplay between the United States' 20th-century rise to world power and its racial and gender politics, in context of the dynamic interaction of U.S. domestic society and international relations; U.S. colonialism in the Caribbean and Pacific, struggles over migration, world wars as crucibles of social and political change, cultural politics of the Cold War, racial and gendered dimensions of the war on terror. | |
| 16A:149 Transnational America 1880-1939 | arr. |
| The United States as a society increasingly embedded in global history during the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries; approaches for thinking about history in transnational ways; intensification of European, Asian, and Latin American immigration; cross-national dimensions of American reform; emergence of diasporic social movements; international scale of the corporate state; politics of colonialism and world war. | |
| 16A:150 The United States as Empire | 3 s.h. |
| The U.S. rise to world power; continental empire-building in the 19th century; industrial, military and colonial power in the early 20th century; global hegemony from the mid-20th century to the present; white settler colonialism; overseas rule of Philippines and Puerto Rico; cultural Americanization; Cold War interventionism; post-9/11 unilateralism; meanings of American exceptionalism, intersections of U.S. nationalism with race and gender, remaking of domestic U.S. society within a changing global and imperial context. | |
| 16A:151 United States in World Affairs to 1900 | 3 s.h. |
| Origins of modern diplomatic practices; security, territorial and commercial expansion; legal, constitutional problems. | |
| 16A:152 United States in World Affairs | 3-4 s.h. |
| America's emergence as leader in world affairs; imperialism, international collaboration, participation in world wars, the Cold War. | |
| 16A:153 U.S.A. in a World at War 1931-1945 | 3 s.h. |
| Significance of World War II to the United States. | |
| 16A:154 Sexuality in the United States | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 131:158. | |
| 16A:155 Political Culture of U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 s.h. |
| Political culture of U.S. foreign policy in historical perspective; connections and interactions between the domestic scene and international realities, from time of manifest destiny to national security state; domestic foundations of American power and its projection abroad, including constitutional framework, economic developments, rise of the state, role of media, public opinion, civilian-military relations; concepts of race, ethnic identifications, and religious and political beliefs have shaped understandings of patriotism, national interest, international responsibility; great debates in which American national identity and purpose are renegotiated. | |
| 16A:156 Major Topics in U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 s.h. |
| Continuation of 16A:152; select themes in the history of U.S. foreign policy studied in greater detail; examination of major conflicts (i.e., World War Two, the Cold War or the Vietnam War, and recent engagements in the Middle East), drawing from a wide range of primary sources, film material, and secondary material. | |
| 16A:158 History of American Society 1820-1920 | 3-4 s.h. |
| Social foundation of the Civil War, Reconstruction; emergence of industrial and urban society, immigration, agrarian and working class protest, segregation, social reform, progressivism, nationalism, roots of imperialism. | |
| 16A:159 Warfare in American History 1492-1924 | 3 s.h. |
| Impact of wars fought in North America on the development of American politics, society, and culture, from the arrival of Columbus to early 20th century. | |
| 16A:161 Colonial North America, ca. 1600-1775 | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to major themes in colonial American history prior to the American Revolution. Same as 149:161. | |
| 16A:162 American Revolutionary Period 1740-1789 | 3 s.h. |
| Political, military history of colonies 1754-1776; imperial upheaval; building a new nation; creation of federal system. | |
| 16A:163 Native Americans in the Age of Empires, ca. 1500-1815 | 3 s.h. |
| Overview of major issues in Native American history during the period of European Imperialism in North America. Recommendations: junior or senior standing. Same as 149:163. | |
| 16A:165 The Gilded Age in America | 3 s.h. |
| Emergence of industrial, urban America, from Civil War through 1890s; emphasis on social, political developments. | |
| 16A:166 The Progressive Era in America | 3 s.h. |
| Protest and reform, imperialism, World War I, from 1890s to 1920. | |
| 16A:167 The New Era and the New Deal 1920-1940 | 3 s.h. |
| United States between the wars; emphasis on New Era system, impact of the Great Depression and response by the Hoover administration, the New Deal. | |
| 16A:168 The Contemporary U.S. 1940-Present | 3 s.h. |
| United States as a global power; emphasis on World War II and Cold War, recent patterns of social and economic change, politics of 1950s, 1960s. | |
| 16A:171 Women and Power in the American Past | 3 s.h. |
| American history through women's eyes; interaction of biology, economics, politics, ideology; how traditional historical generalizations change when women's experience is considered; legal history, women's education. Same as 131:171. | |
| 16A:173 U.S. Women's History as the History of Human Rights | 3-4 s.h. |
| History of human rights in the United States traced through the perspective of women; aspects of women's experience (social, political, intellectual) related to fundamental human rights--right to a nationality, right to life, liberty and personal security, right to freedom of movement, right to take part in the government of their country, right to own property; these and other rights specified by the United Nations in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948; different history of men and women enjoying these rights; how human rights have been constructed and experienced in the United States from the era of colonial settlement to present. Same as 045:173, 131:173, 216:173. | |
| 16A:175 Family, Gender, and Constitutional History | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 091:252. | |
| 16A:176 U.S. Legal History | 3 s.h. |
| History of the law in the United States, as it developed from era of the Revolution to present; interaction of courts and legislatures with social movements; readings on court decisions, social histories, fiction (film and prose). | |
| 16A:180 The Sixties in America | 3 s.h. |
| The 1960s as a moment in American politics and culture, pivotal and romanticized; major events and conflicts, including the election and assassination of President Kennedy, LBJ and the Great Society, civil rights movement and Black Power, counterculture and the urban crisis, sexual revolution and second wave feminism, anti-war protest and silent majority; changing conceptions of the sixties and development of a fresh interpretation. | |
| 16A:184 Black Global Metropolis: Sexual History | 3 s.h. |
| Dispersion of people of African descent into the global metropolis, from expansion of port cities in the slave trade to industrialization of European and American cities, decolonization of the Third World, and proliferation of spatial cultures in contemporary geography; readings cover prostitution in colonial New York, sexual danger in Victorian London, jazz age Chicago, sexual psyches in Algiers, black gay expatriates in Paris, social science in Harlem and Puerto Rico ghettos, black/white sex in Johannesburg, transsexuals in Rio de Janeiro, Black Panther sexual politics in urban America, global hip-hop sexualities. Same as 129:184, 131:184. | |
| 16A:185 Themes in African American History | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 129:189. | |
| 16A:187 African American History 1619-1865 | 3 s.h. |
| Race and African American history, from the rise of racial slavery to the Civil War; advanced course. Same as 129:170. | |
| 16A:188 African American History 1865-Present | 3 s.h. |
| African American history since Reconstruction; survey of African American politics and society from Reconstruction to present. Same as 129:187. | |
| 16E:065 Europe Since 1945 | 3 s.h. |
| Europe since World War II: recovery, cold war, social and economic change, global perspectives. | |
| 16E:100 The Roman Empire | 3 s.h. |
| History of Roman empire from assassination of Julius Caesar through 5th century A.D.; political, economic, cultural, and social developments from the transition to imperial power to the shift of power from west to east. Same as 20E:100. | |
| 16E:101 Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 20E:101. | |
| 16E:102 Food in Ancient Mediterranean Society | 3 s.h. |
| Practices and values influenced by consumption and production of food in ancient Mediterranean societies; varied topics, including methods of food production and distribution, hierarchies of status as associated with food, food and ethnic identity, food and health, food and religion; focus on classical Greek and Roman society, Egypt, the ancient Near East, and Persia. Recommendations: familiarity with Greek and Roman civilization and history. Same as 20E:136. | |
| 16E:103 Alexander the Great | 3 s.h. |
| History of Alexander the Great and the generals who succeeded him in ruling the lands he conquered; military, political, and social history. | |
| 16E:104 The World of Ancient Greece | 3 s.h. |
| 16E:105 Engineering and Technology in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 s.h. |
| Technologies developed and used in the ancient Mediterranean--primarily in Greece and Rome, also in Egypt and the Ancient Near East; agriculture and food preparation; construction and architecture; technologies related to warfare. Same as 20E:144. | |
| 16E:106 Warfare in Ancient Mediterranean Society | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 20E:106. | |
| 16E:107 The Hellenistic World and Rome | 3 s.h. |
| Social, economic, political, intellectual history of Graeco-Roman world, from fourth century B.C.E. to Justinian's reign. GE: Historical Perspectives. | |
| 16E:108 The Twelfth-Century Renaissance | 3 s.h. |
| Social, economic, intellectual, and cultural rebirth of Europe in the 12th century; Latin learning and education; developments in vernacular literature, art, architecture, new religious orders and institutions, pilgrimage and Crusade. Same as 162:108. | |
| 16E:109 Medieval Civilization I | 3 s.h. |
| Europe from the decline of Roman empire to the eleventh century; cultural, political, economic, artistic and architectural foundations of Western civilization. Same as 162:109. | |
| 16E:110 Medieval Civilization II | 3 s.h. |
| Europe from the eleventh century to the Italian Renaissance; cultural, political, economic, artistic, and architectural foundations of Western civilization. GE: Historical Perspectives. Same as 162:110. | |
| 16E:111 Medieval Intellectual History 300-1150 | 3 s.h. |
| Philosophy, art, literature, religious culture of Europe from waning of classical intellectual modes of culture in late antiquity, to their recovery in 12th century. Same as 162:111. | |
| 16E:112 Medieval Intellectual History 1150-1500 | 3 s.h. |
| European philosophy, religion, literature, art from 12th-century rise of scholasticism; their transformation in period of Copernicus, Luther. Same as 162:112. | |
| 16E:113 Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe | 3 s.h. |
| Changes in western Europe from 300 to 1500 A.D.; feudalism, manorialism, revival of towns, heresy, women, monasticism, agricultural and commercial revolutions, Black Death. GE: Historical Perspectives. Same as 162:113. | |
| 16E:114 Medieval Philosophy | 3 s.h. |
| Main trends and major figures, such as Augustine and Aquinas. Requirements: sophomore or higher standing. Same as 026:112. | |
| 16E:116 Ireland in the Early Middle Ages | 3 s.h. |
| Ireland and the northern British islands 400-1000 CE, a region of small kingdoms and thin population, lacking natural resources, far from Rome and ancient centers of Mediterranean culture; development of civilization, including monastic, legal, theological, and scholarly traditions that had a major impact on continental Europe; early medieval Irish history; introduction to the world of historical scholarship. Same as 162:116. | |
| 16E:117 History of the Medieval Church | 3 s.h. |
| Development of Christianity to end of great schism; rise of Roman primacy, development of monasticism, orthodox and heterodox groups. GE: Historical Perspectives. Same as 162:117. | |
| 16E:118 The Transition from Manuscript to Print | 3 s.h. |
| Western manuscripts and books 1200-1600; changes in production and distribution methods and in how texts were used, in cultural context. Same as 021:258, 108:183. | |
| 16E:119 Women, Power, and Society in Medieval Europe | 3 s.h. |
| Same as 162:119. | |
| 16E:120 The Book in the Middle Ages | 3 s.h. |
| Relation of text, decoration, function, creators, and audience in different genres of medieval manuscript books 400-1500 A.D. Same as 108:182. | |
| 16E:121 The Middle Ages in Film | 3 s.h. |
| How films that represent medieval events and literature may be analyzed to reveal the culture and times in which the films were made; Middle Ages and European nationalistic mythmaking as represented in film. Same as 162:121. | |
| 16E:123 Religious Conflict/Early-Modern Period | 3 s.h. |
| Reformation of 16th century--Lutheran, Calvinist, Radical, English; readings from major representatives of each. Same as 032:154. | |
| 16E:125 Society and Gender in Europe 1200-1789 | 3 s.h. |
| Social and gender ideologies as inscribed in patterns of authority (household, church, state); ranges of human endeavor (intellectual, psychological, biological); community organization (social, economic, legal, sexual); their influence on concept of community. GE: Historical Perspectives. Same as 131:181. | |
| 16E:126 The French Revolutions and Human Rights | 3 s.h. |
| Worldwide issues of human rights posed by the French Revolution, Caribbean Slave revolution, Napoleonic regime; state governance, class status, religious freedoms, marital inequities, plantation economy, slave trade, citizenship. GE: Historical Perspectives. | |
| 16E:130 Modern European Imperialism | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to the history of European imperialism since the 18th century; major shifts in the nature of European empire examined through the Haitian Revolution, India, Australia, Congo, Algeria. | |
| 16E:131 Early Modern England | 3 s.h. |
| History of England from the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century to the beginning of the 18th century; religious changes of the 16th and 17th centuries, evolution of the monarchy and other political institutions during the Tudor and Stuart dynasties and the English civil war, and the transformation of England into one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations in the world. | |
| 16E:132 War and Society in Modern Europe | 3 s.h. |
| Impact of war on European societies since the French Revolution. | |
| 16E:134 Nineteenth-Century Europe | 3 s.h. |
| Political, social, economic, and cultural factors. | |
| 16E:135 Twentieth-Century Europe: The Nazi Era | 3 s.h. |
| 16E:136 Twentieth-Century Europe: The Cold War and After | 3 s.h. |
| 16E:139 Ancient and Medieval Science | 3 s.h. |
| Greeks' initiation of scientific inquiry; developments in astronomy, cosmology, optics, mathematics, physics, medicine, psychology in ancient and medieval societies of Middle East, Europe. Same as 162:139. | |
| 16E:141 Special Topics in European History | arr. |
| European history topics of current interest (i.e., food, environment, climate, water use); for advanced history majors and beginning graduate students. | |
| 16E:143 Modern France 1789-1871 | 3 s.h. |
| 16E:144 Modern France 1870-Present | 3 s.h. |
| 16E:145 France and Algeria from Pirates to Terrorism | 3 s.h. |
| Long, complex history of the relationship between France and Algeria since the 18th century; early modern conflicts over Barbary piracy, French invasion and colonization of Algeria in the 19th century, the brutal Algerian War of Independence, postcolonial migration, and ongoing war of memory over shared Franco-Algerian history of colonization and decolonization. Same as 009:145. | |
| 16E:146 France from 1815-Present | 3 s.h. |
| 16E:150 Modern Britain: The Eighteenth Century | 3 s.h. |
| Great Britain from Glorious Revolution of 1688 to end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815; post-revolution political settlement, political conflict, growth of British empire, religious dissent, evangelical revival, Industrial Revolution, American Revolution, British response to the French Revolution. | |
| 16E:151 Modern Britain: The Nineteenth Century | 3-4 s.h. |
| Great Britain 1780-1914; evangelical revival, Industrial Revolution, growth of modern political parties, progress of political reform, scientific developments, influence of Darwin and Mill, growth of secularism, British Empire, Boer War, advent of World War I. | |
| 16E:152 Modern Britain: The Twentieth Century | 3 s.h. |
| Great Britain from Boer War to Tony Blair's political triumph; liberal revival, World War I, rise of the Labour Party, the Depression, appeasement, World War II, Labour's triumph after the war, rise of consensus politics, 1960s cultural changes, Margaret Thatcher's political ascendancy, transformation of the Labour Party under Blair. | |
| 16E:153 Notions of Progress in Modern European History | 3 s.h. |
| The idea of progress used to understand the relationships between society, government, economics, and power; what constitutes progress; how notions of progress have shaped modern Europe and the United States; how the idea of progress has helped to legitimate political, social, and cultural projects; how it continues to inform local, national, and international politics and individuals' personal lives. | |
| 16E:155 German History 1648-1914 | 3 s.h. |
| History of German speaking lands 1648-1918. | |
| 16E:156 Germany Since 1914: Weimar, Hitler, and After | 3-4 s.h. |
| Continuity, change in 20th-century German politics, society, culture; creation, collapse of Weimar Republic; Nazism and Third Reich; East and West Germany since 1945; unification and its discontents. GE: International and Global Issues. Same as 13E:126. | |
| 16E:158 Holocaust in History and Memory | 3 s.h. |
| Origins and implementation of the Holocaust; perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; impact of the Holocaust on the post-World War II world. | |
| 16E:171 History of the Russian Empire, 900-1917 | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to history of polities and peoples of western Eurasia from 10th century to Russian Revolution; formation and vicissitudes of the Russian Empire; ethnogenesis in western Eurasia; origins of the Rus', Kievan Rus' and its competitors, the Mongol invasion of Rus', rise of Muscovy, Muscovite political system, birth of the Russian empire, Russian empire during republicanism and nationalism. | |
| 16E:178 Soviet Union 1917-1945 | 3-4 s.h. |
| Revolution, foundation of Soviet Union; Leninism; major political, social, ideological developments during Stalinist period--collectivization, industrialization, terror; nationalities, foreign policy; World War II; Cold War; socialist state system. GE: Historical Perspectives. | |
| 16E:179 Soviet Union 1945-1991 | 3-4 s.h. |
| Selected topics in history of the Soviet Union: political system, ideology, socioeconomic developments, nationalities problems, foreign policy; period of second revolution from above, openness, restructuring; fall of Soviet empire, 1985-1991. GE: International and Global Issues. | |
| 16E:185 First World War | 3-4 s.h. |
| Social, economic, political, technological, military aspects of causes, conduct, consequences of war of 1914-18; fiction, contemporary documents, historical works, films. | |
| 016:201 First-Year Graduate Colloquium | 3 s.h. |
| Introduction to history graduate program. | |
| 016:202 Introduction to New Media in the Humanities and Social Sciences | arr. |
| Use of New Media software in research, presentation, and instruction; includes HTML editors (Dreamweaver), wikis (Confluence), blogs (WordPress), collaborative mark-up programs (CommentPress), graphics editors (Illustrator), map editors (MapPoint, ArcView), photographic editors (Photoshop), audio editors (Garage Band, Soundbooth, Audio Hijack Pro), video editors (iMovie, Premiere Pro, Photo-To-Movie), and animation editors (Flash); projects. | |
| 016:205 Gender and Race in Nineteenth-Century U.S. | arr. |
| Same as 129:205, 131:206. | |
| 016:207 The American Civil War in History and Memory | arr. |
| 016:209 Seminar: Medieval Social and Economic History | arr. |
| 016:210 Readings: Medieval Women | arr. |
| 016:211 Seminar: Medieval Intellectual History | arr. |
| 016:212 Readings: Medieval Intellectual History | arr. |
| 016:213 Seminar: History of Science | arr. |
| 016:214 Readings: Medieval and Early Modern Universities | arr. |
| 016:215 Graduate Readings: Monastic History | arr. |
| History of Christian monasticism in the medieval west; the developing monastic and religious orders, nuns of those groups; tertiaries, beguines, other orthodox penitent movements from the development of Christianity to the Reformation. | |
| 016:217 Source Criticism for Medieval Studies | arr. |
| 016:218 Medieval Latin Paleography | arr. |
| 016:220 Research Seminar | arr. |
| Research for students in all areas of history. | |
| 016:223 Seminar: Reformation Culture and Theology | arr. |
| Culture and theology of 16th-century Europe. Same as 032:223. | |
| 016:224 Seminar: History of Disability | arr. |
| 016:225 Readings: History of Sexuality | arr. |
| History of sexuality within the family, its move into the marketplace; social customs and taboos, methods of birth control and abortion, religion, medical and psychological writings, state policies. Same as 131:225. | |
| 016:230 Readings in Middle East History | arr. |
| 016:231 Seminar: African History | arr. |
| Themes in African precolonial and modern history. | |
| 016:232 Readings in African History | arr. |
| 016:233 Readings: Women, Men, and Gender in Modern Europe | arr. |
| Same as 131:233. | |
| 016:234 Readings: Colonialism and Empire in European History | 3-4 s.h. |
| Engagement of Europeans in an immense outward expansion of people, goods, and ideas, as well as more than a few germs since 1492; exploration of some of the implications of this expansion by focusing on a selection of different colonial encounters and some legacies of European empires. | |
| 016:235 Seminar: Modern Europe | arr. |
| 016:236 Readings: Modern European History | arr. |
| 016:238 Readings in the History of Modern France | arr. |
| 016:239 Readings: War and Society in Modern Europe | arr. |
| Preparation, conduct, and aftermath of war; social-historical examination; conflicts on European territory, colonial wars, and wars of decolonization, from French Revolution through late 20th century. | |
| 016:240 Readings in Modern German History | arr. |
| Major problems in modern German history; historiographic debates organized thematically and proceeds chronologically from the French Revolution to the present; oral presentations and comparative essays. | |
| 016:244 Crossing Borders Proseminar | arr. |
| Same as 013:260, 01H:330, 030:243, 035:271, 044:287, 048:244, 113:248. | |
| 016:246 United States in the World | arr. |
| Historiographies that situate modern U.S. history in a global context; how historians study the American past beyond traditional, nation-centered frames; transnational histories of migration, nativism and exclusion; social movements; colonial empire-building; commercial and cultural Americanization; transfer of policy ideas; military occupations; decolonization; Cold War’s impact on social reform; post-9/11 moment. | |
| 016:247 Crossing Borders Seminar | 2-3 s.h. |
| Repeatable. Same as 008:231, 009:262, 013:262, 01H:247, 030:242, 035:273, 044:286, 048:247, 113:247, 129:231, 160:247, 181:247. | |
| 016:248 Seminar: Research in Race and Ethnicity | arr. |
| 016:249 Teaching Seminar: Graduate Instructors | 2-3 s.h. |
| Issues and methods for effective history teaching at the college level. | |
| 016:250 Readings: History of Medicine and Health | arr. |
| 016:254 Teaching Proseminar | 2-4 s.h. |
| Preparation for leading undergraduate discussion sections for 016:001 - 016:003 Western Civilization I-III; specific subject matter preparation similar to that offered in graduate readings courses; for first-time graduate teaching assistants. | |
| 016:256 Theories of World History | arr. |
| Macrohistorical theories of world history; can a prominent theory or combination of theories explain the social evolution of humankind over hundreds of thousands of years; how to periodize world history; does history have a direction, and if so, what direction; the future of humankind. | |
| 016:259 Seminar: Interpreting Oral Histories | arr. |
| Interpretations and methods applied by historians in various world regions to different forms of oral history, from old oral traditions to contemporary autobiographical testimony. Same as 129:259. | |
| 016:260 Readings: Comparative Labor History | arr. |
| 016:261 Seminar: American Colonial History | arr. |
| 016:262 Readings: American Colonial History | arr. |
| 016:263 The Art and Craft of Historical Writing | arr. |
| Focus on improving students' skills in historical writing; readings from exemplary texts, ancient to contemporary; all aspects of historical writing, from sentence composition and paragraph structure to evidence and narrative voice. | |
| 016:264 Seminar: Social History of the American Working Class | arr. |
| 016:265 Seminar: American Social History | arr. |
| 016:266 Readings: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era | arr. |
| 016:267 Seminar: Contemporary United States | arr. |
| 016:269 Readings in Transnational U.S. History | arr. |
| Emerging historiographies that problematize national frameworks of history writing and reexamine U.S. history from transnational and global perspectives; methodological works on transnational, imperial, and global history; literatures on transnational migration, global production and trade, social movements, intercultural borrowing and exchange, and empire-building. | |
| 016:270 Readings in the History of Women and Gender in the U.S.A. | arr. |
| Same as 131:270. | |
| 016:271 Seminar: American Frontier | arr. |
| 016:272 Readings: The American Frontier | arr. |
| 016:273 Readings in American Social History | arr. |
| 016:277 Feminist Research Seminar | arr. |
| Feminist research methodologies; how to conduct original research, write a research proposal and research paper, read and criticize others' work. Repeatable. Same as 131:204. | |
| 016:278 Research in Transnational U.S. History | arr. |
| Experience framing, organizing, and carrying out an original investigation on a theme in U.S. transnational history, followed by review and discussion of drafts; opportunity to explore transnational methodologies while developing professional skills of literature review, source interpretation, and collegial critique. | |
| 016:280 Readings in Latina/o History | arr. |
| Introduction to major works and recent scholarship in Latina/Latino history. | |
| 016:281 Readings in Borderlands History | arr. |
| Comparative borderlands; articles on diverse topics from borderland regions worldwide (main focus on U.S.-Mexico borderlands, with inclusion of European, Asian, African, and Latin American borderlands); analysis of each article for its thesis, research questions, methodology, primary sources, and weaknesses; seminar. | |
| 016:284 Seminar: History of Women and Gender | arr. |
| Opportunity to pursue research for a single paper, M.A. thesis, or doctoral dissertation in the history of women and gender in the United States; interdisciplinary and internationally comparative projects; meetings and evaluations with attention to the craft of writing. | |
| 016:285 Readings: Gender in Latin American History | arr. |
| Same as 131:285. | |
| 016:287 Readings: African American Women's History | arr. |
| Same as 129:287, 131:287. | |
| 016:288 Readings: Latin American History | arr. |
| Same as 035:247. | |
| 016:289 Archives Master Course | 1 s.h. |
| 016:292 Readings in Chinese History | arr. |
| Same as 039:258. | |
| 016:294 Readings: Japanese History | arr. |
| Same as 39J:257. | |
| 016:295 Readings in Modern India | arr. |
| 016:296 Individual Study: Graduate | arr. |
| 016:297 Thesis | arr. |
| 016:298 Predissertation Seminar | arr. |
| Preparing for dissertation work for students in all areas of history; thesis topic, relevant literature in the topic field, potential sources, primary research strategy, sources of research funding, research proposal; preparation for submitting applications for dissertation research fellowships and beginning of completing the thesis prospectus. | |
| 016:299 History Workshop: Theory and Interpretation | arr. |
